Alberta Highway 666
{{short description|Highway in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox road
|province= AB
|type=Hwy
|route=666
|maint= Alberta Transportation
| map= Alberta Highway 666.png
|length_km= 36.85
|length_round=
|established=
|decommissioned=
|direction_a= West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a= Creek crossing on Range Road 85
|junction=
|terminus_b= {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|40}} south of Grande Prairie
|rural_municipalities= Municipal District of Greenview No. 16
|cities=
|previous_type= Hwy
|previous_route=665
|next_type= Hwy
|next_route=667
}}
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 666, commonly referred to as Highway 666,{{citation | title=Provincial Highways Designation Order | publisher=Alberta Transportation | page=22}} is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs mostly west-east, on mostly existing township and range roads in the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 in Northern Alberta, for 37 km.
Route description
The highway starts on Range Road 85 at a creek crossing, south of this point Weyerhaeuser Canada Corporation maintains a network of forestry roads, extending approximately {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} south to the Two Lakes Provincial Park and Nose Mountain camping areas, and further to the {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}} high Kakwa Falls on the Kakwa River. Highway 666 travels north east on Township Road 692, Range Road 82, and Township Road 700, to the hamlet of Grovedale. It then follows the south bank of Wapiti River, with O'Brien Provincial Park in between, before meeting up with Highway 40.{{cite web|title=Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_500-986_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf|website=Alberta Transportation|date=March 2016|accessdate=May 3, 2017}} The Highway 40 bridge over Wapiti River south of Grande Prairie also crosses Highway 666, and with separate northbound and southbound exits to Hwy 666, it makes a Trumpet/Directional-T hybrid.{{google maps|title=Highway 666 in Alberta|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@54.9516231,-119.0119754,11z|accessdate=May 3, 2017}}
It is used by Forestry and the Oil and Gas industry working in the area of the Wapiti River valley, as well as for recreational use (two summer campgrounds are open in this wilderness area). It is paved for its entire length.
Major intersections
Starting from the west end of Highway 666:
{{ABinttop|length_ref=}}
{{Jctgap
|text=Continues as Two Lakes Road towards Two Lakes Provincial Park
}}
{{ABint
|county_special=M.D. of Greenview No. 16
|cspan=4
|location=none
|km=0
|road=Creek
|notes=Western terminus
{{coord|54|57|3|N|119|11|44|W|name=666 km 00|format=dec}}
}}
{{ABint
|location=Grovedale
|km=29
|road=Range Road 64, Township Road 700
|notes=Hwy 666 branches north
{{coord|55|1|24|N|118|51|55|W|name=666 km 29|format=dec}}
}}
{{ABint
|location=none
|lspan=2
|km=32
|road=Road – O'Brien Provincial Park
|notes={{coord|55|3|18|N|118|51|27|W|name=666 km 32|format=dec}}
}}
{{ABint
|km=36
|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|40|city1=Grande Prairie|city2=Grande Cache|city3=Hinton}}
|notes=Partially grade separated; eastern terminus
{{coord|55|4|18|N|118|47|46|W|name=666 km 37|format=dec}}
}}
{{Jctbtm}}
Gallery
Image:Highway 40-Wapiti River.JPG|Hwy 40 bridge over Wapiti River and Hwy 666 east terminus
Image:Alberta Highway 666.jpg|Highway 666 leading to Grovedale, Alberta
Image:Highway_666_turnoff.jpg|Highway 666 under the Wapiti River bridge.
See also
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References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|Alberta Highway 666}}
{{Alberta Provincial Highways|2ndHwy=yes}}
{{Alberta-road-stub}}